Matt & Lindsay are Engaged!

My little brother, Matt, just got engaged to Lindsay Nahrup. Yeah! We are really excited for both of them and thrilled to have Lindsay join the family. Their wedding is planned for May 30, 2o10 in Annapolis, Maryland at the Naval Academy chapel. It's going to be beautiful and I'm sure a ton of fun! Jake and Grace will be in the wedding as well as Mike and I. I can't wait to see the kids all dressed up!

Lakeside & 4th of July

I took the kids up to Lakeside to spend some time with family. Unfortunately, Mike couldn't come because he was busy working. We stayed 3 nights and had a lot of fun doing the typical Lakeside things...playing (lots of) putt-putt, getting donuts from the Patio, eating ice cream, and playing on the playground. The lake was a little rough so we didn't end up going on the boat, but that's OK because we can do that around here.

Friday evening, Christina, Matt, Lindsay, my mom, Lilly, Jake, Grace, and I all headed to the African Safari. It is a park you drive through and feed the animals from your car. As always it was a lot of fun and a lot of laughs! Jake and Grace were both a little afraid, but Lilly was fearless! Jake eventually made friends with a llama and overcame his fear.

On Saturday, we decorated the stroller and were in the Lakeside 4th of July parade. I kept telling Jake to wave to all the people and say "Happy 4th of July". I didn't think to tell Grace, but at one point I looked down at her and she was waving to everyone with both hands!

Jake and cousin Lilly

Mmmm....ice cream! Even Grace got in on it!

Lilly fearlessly feeding HUGE animals

out the window with Aunt Christina

Jake feeding a llama out of the back of my car!

A proud Jake and llama friend looking for more.

Aunt Rebecca & Cousin John

Ready for the parade!

Putt putt with Grandpa & Uncle Dan


Me & Grace enjoying a beautiful Lakeside sunset

Wrightsville Beach, NC

We had lots of fun at Wrightsville Beach. We spent 2 days at the Beach. We celebrated Father's Day there and had a great dinner at a fun place by the water. Unfortunately, Jake picked up a virus there so we drove home a day early.

Evening stroll on the beach...Grace's first time on the beach!

Playing in the waves

Grace after waking up from a nap under the umbrella

Happy Father's Day!
We are so thankful for our Daddy. He's the best!

We are also thankful to have 2 awesome Grandpa's!

Dr Williams, Resident No More

We checked into our hotel in Greenville and then went to a really nice graduation dinner for the Emergency Department Residents of East Carolina University. The next morning, we went over to Jarrod's condo where Jake was able to fish and chase ducks!

"I want to be just like Daddy."

On the Road

A couple of weeks ago, we packed up and headed to Greenville, NC for Uncle Jarrod's graduation from his residency program at East Carolina University. On the way, we stopped in Chapel Hill, NC and Shelley Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Grace, ready to go!
Jake, ready for the beach! My mom gave him these new goggles. He didn't quite understand it would be a couple of days before we actually got to the beach!
Firehouse Subs, Chapel Hill, NC

Shelley Park, Raleigh, NC
We had a little time to kill before we needed to go to Jarrod's Graduation dinner, so we stopped at Shelley Park in Raleigh to stretch our legs. It was really hot, but we all enjoyed it.

Crawling!

Grace is now on the move! I love seeing where she wants to go and what she is interested in. She likes playing with Jake and his toys. I think her favorite thing may be throwing things to the side as she crawls by.

Proud brother, Jake

6/9/09: Waterslide!

How lucky are we to have neighbors that have this super huge waterslide!? Thanks Heap Family! :-) Jake had a blast playing basketball, and Grace had fun watching all the action!

5/26/09: Williams - Simpkins Cookout

Mike's parents had Uncle Walt, Aunt Carolyn, Julie, Brad & Bev, Taylor, Trista, and Colton over for a Weenie Roast Memorial Day Weekend. It was great to catch up with all of them. Jake and Grace loved playing with Brad and Bev's kids! They are all so sweet!

Grace loves her Daddy and she loves his ears!
She always holds onto them when he holds her.

Sweet Baby Girl

"Yeah!"

All of the Grandkids with their Grandparents.

Check out this Dirt and Worm Cake Aunt Carolyn made!

Trista feeding Jake a worm!

Grace loved Trista's necklace.

Colton & Jake - they had fun playing with their wind-up airplanes.
Jake wasn't in the mood to have his picture taken!